Strong opinions, weakly held

I’m running a few days behind on these, but I’m not going to let that stop me.

The Los Angeles Times spiked a column because it frankly took on the newspaper’s money issues and suggested ways to fix them. Unsurprisingly, it turned up online. When are they ever going to learn?

Nelson Minar explains how Microsoft is inflating its search rankings by integrating hidden searches into its online games.

Jim Henley posted a novel theory on how the current Iraqi government sees Iraq as a “bust out.” Sadly I think he’s right on the money. Yesterday NBC reported that corruption in Iraq is untouchable. Peter W Galbraith has proffered yet another exit strategy for the US in Iraq in the New York Review of Books.